''The Book of Brownies'' is a book by

Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have b ...

published in 1926. The ''Book of Brownies'' is the story of three naughty brownies: Hop, Skip and Jump, who are tricked by Witch Green-eyes into helping her to

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the Princess Peronel. They are banished from Fairyland until they find their 'Goodness'. They decide that they have an obligation to save the Princess from the

Witch Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have us ...

and have many adventures. Their adventures include confronting various messy situations like being caught in a cottage without a door, accidentally bumping into the island of the notorious red goblin, then in an island of giants, then their adventure in the Land of clever people where you have to always speak in rhyme and make up a riddle everyday, then in the green railway and toadstool town. They also fight the Golden dwarf, rescue the Dragon-bird and finally, after encountering countless odd adventures, they rescue the princess

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* 1926 British novels 1926 fantasy novels Children's fantasy novels Novels by Enid Blyton Novels about fairies and sprites 1926 children's books Brownies (folklore) George Newnes Ltd books {{1920s-child-novel-stub